Portable laundry-bench



(No Model) J SOHAPFER PORTABLE LAUNDRY BENCH.

Patented June '29, 1897.

' U ITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHANNA SOI-IAFFER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE LAUNDRY-BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,231, dated June 29,1897.

7 Application filed August 5, 1896. Serial No. 601,701. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

7 Be it known that I, J OHANNA SCHAFFER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Benches, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved portable benchfor laundry use, theobject thereof being to supply a durable and efficient device for movingheavy washboilers from place to place, whereby an operator can move afull hot boiler from the range to a sink, set-tub,

table, or other suitable place for emptying clothes and water containedtherein without the necessity of directly handling the same. The deviceis simple in construction, durable, and inexpensive, and it will greatlyfacilitate the labor of washing and handling clothes.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved bench, illustrating a washboilersupported thereon and showing the same situated adjacent to a table; andFig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the bench, taken ona'line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I employ primarily a base A, which has aflange a extending upwardly from. three sides thereof. The upper surfaceof this said base portion A is provided with a series oflaterally-extended rolls B, which said rolls are suitably mounted uponbearings 17, located at each end thereof. These rolls preferably revolvewithin grooves a, formed in the base A, and leading from these saidgrooves are apertures a adapted for carrying off drippings from theboilers being handled.

The base A is mounted upon four legs 0, which said legs comprisesections 0 and c. The sections a have dovetailed grooves therein, whichengage with the dovetailed heads 61 of the bolts D, which said boltspass through the sections 0 of the legs. As a means for holding the twosaid sections in secure engagement with each other I supply thumbnuts D,which engage with the bolts D. The legs are further mounted uponsuitable rolls E for assisting in the ready transportation of the devicefrom place to place.

I11 the operation of the device, it being desired to carry a boiler, forinstance, from a range to a table or from a table to some distance fromthe range, the bench will be adjusted to a height equaling the height ofthe range. The boiler can then be pushed thereon very readily over therollers B, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The whole benchwith its added load can then be readily pushed to any suitable locationwhere it is desired to empty the clothes; and to ease the operation ofhandling the bench it should be supplied with handles A, which saidhandles can be attached to the whole three of the flanges thereon, ifdesired. In the drawings the handles are only shown on the rear flangeof the bench.

I do not confine myself to the specific details of construction asherein shown and described, as it is obvious that under the scope of myinvention I am entitled to slight variations of structure in detail.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a portablelaundry-bench, the combi nation of the base having aseries of parallel rolls journaled laterally thereon and a flangeprojecting upwardly from three sides thereof and four supportinglegs,each comprising an upper section attached to the said base and avertically-movable section, and means for holding the said sectionstogether, substantially as shown and described. I

2. In a portable laundry-bench, the combination of a base portion havinga series of rolls journaled therein and extended laterally thereon, aflange projected upwardly therefrom on three sides and a series of legssupporting the said bench, said legs comprising two vertical sectionswhich are adapted to slide upon each other, the upper section havinggrooves therein for engagement with ence of two Witnesses, this 1st dayof August,

bolts which are passed through the iowersee- 1896. tions anci 111011areheld in engagement by JOHANNA SUHAFFER means of thumb-nuts,suhstantiall y as shown 5 and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pi'es- 1 \Vitnesses:

THOMAS P. MURPHY, T. R. SCHVEERR.

